About Medulina

The crowdsourcing game to segment brains

Why Medulina?

Scientists have learned a lot about the brain by measuring it from non-invasive imaging, like MRI.
But as we collect larger datasets, our measurements become less accurate.
Current computer algorithms are able to make measurements quickly, but are not very accurate.
Expert neuroanatomists are accurate, but it takes them a long time.
The goal of the Medulina project is to train citizen scientists in neuroanatomy, and combine their measurements with
computer algorithms to get the most accurate measurements of the brain in a short amount of time.

Medulina is an open source game to crowdsource brain image segmentation.
Its still in beta, but if you want to try it out, you just need a GitHub account.
Currently, you can try to identify meningiomas (a type of brain tumor),
stroke lesions , and the dentate gyrus ,
a structure in the brain that is important for forming new memories.